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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Qt contributions from KDE article
From:       David Edmundson <david () davidedmundson ! co ! uk>
Date:       2013-12-18 22:33:44
Message-ID: CAGeFrHDhvjdUzgD4A606a5Wf+V1cM07hdsPVWeNhqqeq3TsK7A () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Jos Poortvliet
<jospoortvliet@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 December 2013 09:34:10 Carl wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 06:21:25 PM Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 17 December 2013 10:26:20 Carl wrote:
> > > > On 2013-12-14 10:19, Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > 
> > > > > We've been working on a 'Qt contributions by KDE" article to follow
> > > > > the Qt
> > > > > 5.2 release. We're a bit late so we should really try and publish
> > > > > this on
> > > > > Monday.
> > > > > 
> > > > > A little review would be greatly appreciated!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Get it here:
> > > > > https://notes.kde.org/p/Platform5DotStoryForQt52
> > > > > 
> > > > > Hugs,
> > > > > Jos
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks Jos. Nice story.
> > > > 
> > > > First round done. Might be good for someone to look this over and make
> > > > sure that it's still accurate.
> > > 
> > > Tnx.
> > > 
> > > > Please don't use double spaces. Between sentences their use is
> > > > understandable as a throwback to manual typewriter days. Within
> > > > sentences, they are just a nuisance.
> > > 
> > > I HATE double spaces, between sentences and anywhere else. It's etherpad
> > > which has a tendency to insert them... Just ignore, in the final article
> > > I
> > > believe I used a search-and-replace to get rid of them :D
> > > 
> > > At least I hope I didn't forget... Did I?
> > 
> > I don't know where they came from...I just noticed one instance of double
> > spaces and then searched for them (in etherpad, which doesn't have
> > search-and- replace that I've found). Good to know that etherpad might be
> > the culprit. However, the double spaces were not spread across the entire
> > document; there were certain sections that had a lot, and others with
> > none.
> 
> Those are sections which have been copy-pasted. Somehow it happens when you
> do that...
> 
> > BTW, For whatever reason, etherpad is almost unusable for me in Chrome.
> 
> Hmmm, mostly using FF here as Chromium eats too much ram...
> 
> > > > Questions...
> > > > The second sentence of the following <li> item doesn't make sense.
> > > > [The Qt shortcut system was edited by David Edmundson so that shortcuts
> > > > are now fetched from the underlying platform. As a result, all Qt
> > > > applications will now follow the user-configured shortcuts from within
> > > > KDE.]
> > > > What about Qt applications that are not related to KDE?
> > > > 
> > > > Carl
> > 
> > Martin Klapetek answered that this accurate. It still seems awkward to my
> > technically-unenlightened thinking.
> > 
> > What that sentence says to me is this...
> > If you have a Qt application running on your Blackberry, it will follow the
> > user-defined shortcuts from KDE. I doubt that.
> 
> Aaah, I get it.
> 
> > I don't know what the second sentence in that item is trying to
> > communicate... The Qt shortcut system is a contribution from KDE.
> > There are KDE-designated libraries that all Qt applications draw from.
> > 
> > Is this more accurate if the second sentence is eliminated? And the first
> > reads:
> > The Qt shortcut system was edited by David Edmundson so that now user-
> > configured shortcuts are fetched from the underlying platform.
> 
> That might be too generic - but this is something David should answer.
> 
What was written in the final dot article is right and explains it very well.

Many thanks to whoever did that.

David

> > Carl
> 
> 
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